How well do you know the 2016 U.S. election?

The 2016 U.S. Presidential election has been a strange one. Sometimes entertaining, sometimes chaotic and sometimes downright frightening, 2016 will go down in history as one of the most turbulent in American history.

How well do you know the election? Can you name all of the candidates? Do you know who is from what state, who was elected to what positions and who has the smallest hands? (It's Trump. Trump has weirdly small hands. Now you know.) Anyway, take this quiz to find out how accurate your 2016 election knowledge is.

Created by: netricsa

Including those who have dropped out, how many candidates have run in the 2016 election?

21

22

23

24

Which of the following positions has Hillary Clinton NOT held?

First Lady of the United States

Senator

Governor

Secretary of State

Bernie Sanders won his first political election in 1981, becoming the Mayor of which Vermont city?

Barre

Burlington

Montpelier

St Albans

Vergennes

Winooski

What does the J in Donald J. Trump stand for?

John

James

Joseph

Jacob

Jason

Joshua

Two of this year's candidates, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, are the children of immigrants from which country?

Argentina

Costa Rica

Cuba

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Martin O'Malley was the Governor of which state?

Maryland

Massachusetts

Minnesota

Montana

Jeb Bush is known for being the younger brother of George W. Bush. How old was George W. when Jeb was born?

5

6

7

8

9

10

Before becoming Governor of Ohio, John Kasich hosted a Fox News show named...

The Kasich Factor

The Kasich File

The Kasich Report

Heartland with John Kasich

Which 1968 folk rock song was used in a Bernie Sanders ad shortly before voting began in Iowa?

Blackbird - The Beatles

Sweet Thing - Van Morrison

America - Simon and Garfunkel

Abraham, Martin and John - Dion

What is Lincoln Chafee's middle name?

Danforth

Davenport

Darrington

He does not have a middle name

Who are the oldest and youngest candidates?

Bernie Sanders is the oldest, Marco Rubio is the youngest

Bernie Sanders is the oldest, Bobby Jindal is the youngest

Donald Trump is the oldest, Ted Cruz is the youngest

George Pataki is the oldest, Scott Walker is the youngest

Which of the following accurately describes the results of the Iowa caucuses?

Clinton won the Democratic contest by a landslide, while Donald Trump won the Republican caucus

Clinton won the Democratic caucus by a small margin, while Ted Cruz won the Republican caucus

Sanders won the Democratic caucus by a small margin, while Rubio won the Republican caucus

Sanders won the Democratic caucus by a landslide, while Bush won the Republican caucus

Over 180,000 votes were cast in the Iowa Republican Caucus, but former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore only received...

2 votes

12 votes

20 votes

102 votes

What is Ted Cruz's full name?

Edward Juan Cruz

Theodore Antonio Cruz

Rafael Edward Cruz

Esteban Theodore Cruz

This is a trick question, his full name is just Ted Cruz

At a campaign rally, Marco Rubio told the crowd that Donald Trump had oddly small hands and then said, "you know what they say about men with small hands..."

"...I probably shouldn't say it."

"...they wear small gloves."

"...you can't trust them."

"...something else might be small."

"...they tend to be angry."

"...they never get stuck in the Pringles tube."

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Hillary Clinton would be the first female President

Bernie Sanders would be the first Jewish President

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio would both be the first Latino President

John Kasich would be the first President from Ohio

Martin O'Malley would be the first President from Maryland

Ben Carson would be the first President in over 100 years to have facial hair

Only two of the 2016 candidates ever served in the military. Which candidates were they?

Jim Gilmore and Lindsey Graham

Jim Gilmore and George Pataki

Jim Gilmore and Rick Perry

Jim Webb and Lindsey Graham

Jim Webb and George Pataki

Jim Webb and Rick Perry

Carly Fiorina was the CEO of which company?

IBM

Compaq

Hewlett-Packard

LG Electronics

Dell

Panasonic

Lincoln Chafee is a distant relative of which former President?

William Henry Harrison

William McKinley

William Howard Taft

Bill Clinton

As a college freshman, John Kasich wrote a letter to the President of the United States, who agreed to a short meeting with the eighteen-year-old. Which President was this?

Dwight Eisenhower

Richard Nixon

Gerald Ford

Ronald Reagan

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Donald Trump and George Pataki are both from New York

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are both from Florida

Ted Cruz and Rick Perry are both from Texas

Mike Huckabee and Scott Walker are both from Arkansas

Jim Webb and Jim Gilmore are both from Virginia

What kind of surgeon is Ben Carson?

Cardiac surgeon

Vascular surgeon

Otolaryngological surgeon

Neurosurgeon

Plastic surgeon

This is a trick question, Carson is not a surgeon at all

Screenwriter and director Craig Mazin shared a room with one of the candidates in college and has repeatedly criticized his former roommate on Twitter. Who was the roommate?

Donald Trump

Ted Cruz

Marco Rubio

Scott Walker

Bernie Sanders

Lincoln Chafee

New Jersey governor Chris Christie is a huge fan of a music artist from his state and has attended over 120 of this artist's concerts. The artist in question is...

Bon Jovi

Bruce Springsteen

Ice-T

The Shirelles

My Chemical Romance

Fetty Wap

Rand Paul's father ran for President in 1988, 2008 and 2012. His name is...

Ray Paul

Reggie Paul

Rick Paul

Ron Paul

Russel Paul

Ryder Paul

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